Linux Fedora Error Number 15 : File Not Found

[Jyotishmaan Ray]

Dear All Fedora Linux Experts,

Sinc yesterday one of my proxy servers is not booting up after a system retsart, and it throws an error message "Error 15: File Not Found Press any key to continue"

I had tried with rescue CD, still it could not be resolved though the system could be mounted but nothing proceeded beyond this.

Give some pointers to solve this problem.

Thanks, 
jmaan

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 05:01 -0700, Jyotishmaan Ray wrote:
> Dear All Fedora Linux Experts,
> Sinc yesterday one of my proxy servers is not booting up after a
> system retsart, and it throws an error message "Error 15: File Not
> Found Press any key to continue"
> I had tried with rescue CD, still it could not be resolved though the
> system could be mounted but nothing proceeded beyond this.
> Give some pointers to solve this problem.

That error means that the GRUB boot loader can't find the kernel file at
the location shown in its configuration file.  Either the declaration
for the root disk partition, or the kernel file name, is wrong
in /boot/grub/grub.conf on your system, or somehow the kernel file it
points to has been removed or renamed.

If you booth with a rescue disk and mount the system, you can make
sure /mnt/sysimage/boot is mounted, then "chroot /mnt/sysimage", and
check and edit the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf as needed for your
configuration.

[Timothy Murphy]

Paul W. Frields wrote:

Sinc yesterday one of my proxy servers is not booting up after a
> > system retsart, and it throws an error message "Error 15: File Not
> > Found Press any key to continue"
> That error means that the GRUB boot loader can't find the kernel file at
> the location shown in its configuration file.

But why doesn't it SAY what file it cannot find?
After all, it must know what it is looking for.

[Alan Cox]

> But why doesn't it SAY what file it cannot find?
> After all, it must know what it is looking for.

Send patches

[Alan Cox]

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:01:57 -0700 (PDT)
Jyotishmaan Ray  wrote:
> Dear All Fedora Linux Experts,
>
> Sinc yesterday one of my proxy servers is not booting up after a system retsart, and it throws an error message "Error 15: File Not Found Press any key to continue"
>
> I had tried with rescue CD, still it could not be resolved though the system could be mounted but nothing proceeded beyond this.
>
> Give some pointers to solve this problem.

Try booting the previous kernel from the menu. If that works then
re-install the kernel package but it would be good to find out why the
boot loader couldn't find the kernel. Power loss while updating it ?

If not boot off the CD, mount the root file system off the rescue cd,
chroot into that, mount /boot and re-install the current kernel package

[Jyotishmaan Ray]

I have tried booting from all the kernel as shown in the menu, but it odes not boot. Please write in step-wise the things as you had suggested,as I am a new bie.

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--- On Sun, 10/12/08, Alan Cox  wrote:
From: Alan Cox 
Subject: Re: Linux Fedora Error Number 15 : File Not Found
To: [e-mail], "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
Cc: [e-mail]
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:35 PM

On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:01:57 -0700 (PDT)
Jyotishmaan Ray  wrote:
> Dear All Fedora Linux Experts,
>
> Sinc yesterday one of my proxy servers is not booting up after a system

retsart, and it throws an error message "Error 15: File Not Found Press any
key to continue"
> I had tried with rescue CD, still it could not be resolved though the

system could be mounted but nothing proceeded beyond this.
> Give some pointers to solve this problem.

Try booting the previous kernel from the menu. If that works then
re-install the kernel package but it would be good to find out why the
boot loader couldn't find the kernel. Power loss while updating it ?

If not boot off the CD, mount the root file system off the rescue cd,
chroot into that, mount /boot and re-install the current kernel package

[Timothy Murphy]

Jyotishmaan Ray wrote:
> I have tried booting from all the kernel as shown in the menu, but it odes
> not boot. Please write in step-wise the things as you had suggested,as I
> am a new bie.

Personally, I would get Knoppix.
This is Linux on a CD.
You can look at your current partitions,
and see if the kernel(s) in /boot
actually match those specified in /boot/grub/grub.conf 
(which should be linked to /etc/grub.conf).

Alternatively, you can run grub interactively
by pressing "E" when the kernel list appears.
Personally, I find this quite complicated,
but it allows you to find what kernels are available,
and to try them.